A flatbed truck is a base type of the cargo vehicle which constitutes an open platform with one or several tail-boards, mounted on chassis. Such truck may be equipped with petrol, diesel, gas or combined combustion engine, different axle configuration and various cargo capacity. Intended for transportation of cargo, which does not require a stable environment (precipitation, temperature and so on), and well suitable for transportation of various out-of-gauge cargo.

The flatbed truck is the initial form of the cargo vehicles, which was first manufactured as early as in the end of the 19th century. The built of the cargo platform equipped with tail-boards allows for easy loading and unloading. The tail-boards can be additionally equipped with different loading mechanisms, ramps, loader cranes.

Flatbed trucks are widely used in all domains of industry and agriculture. There are different modification of the basic bodies of this type - for example, options with boards significantly higher than usually, intended for transportation of cargo with large volume and low specific weight (such as hay). In case of necessity, flatbed bodies can be easily transformed into enclosed tilt ones.